La Mesilla
La Mesilla is a census-designated place in Río Arriba County, New Mexico, United States. As of the 2020 census, La Mesilla had a population of 1,844. In 1870, a family from La Mesilla was ambushed and killed by Mexicans disguised as Native Americans.- Hamlet with about 1,840 residents
- …lies at an elevation of around 5,630 feet (1,720 metres)
- Description: census-designated place in Río Arriba County, New Mexico, United States
- Also known as“La Mesilla, New Mexico”“La Mesilla, NM”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Santa Clara Pueblo and Riverside.
Santa Clara Pueblo
Village
Santa Clara Pueblo, also known as the Village of Wild… Santa Clara Pueblo is situated 1½ miles northwest of La Mesilla.
Santa Cruz
Hamlet
Santa Cruz, historically known as Santa Cruz… Santa Cruz is situated 3½ miles northeast of La Mesilla.
La Mesilla
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Latitude
35.94836° or 35° 56′ 54″ north
Longitude
-106.07058° or 106° 4′ 14″ west
Open location code
857MWWXH+8Q
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Ukrainian—“La Mesilla” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “La Mesilla”
- Chechen: “Ла-Месилла”
- Chinese: “拉梅西亞 (新墨西哥州)”
- Chinese: “拉梅西亞”
- Dutch: “La Mesilla”
- French: “La Mesilla”
- German: “La Mesilla CDP”
- German: “La Mesilla, New Mexico”
- German: “La Mesilla, NM”
- German: “La Mesilla”
- Gilaki: “لا مسیلا”
- Irish: “La Mesilla”
- Italian: “La Mesilla”
- Ladin: “La Mesilla”
- Persian: “لامسیلا، نیومکزیکو”
- Persian: “لامسیلا”
- Polish: “La Mesilla”
- Russian: “Ла Месилла”
- Serbian: “Ла Месила”
- Serbo-Croatian: “La Mesilla, New Mexico”
- Serbo-Croatian: “La Mesilla”
- South Azerbaijani: “لامسیلا، نیومکزیکو”
- Spanish: “La Mesilla”
- Tatar: “Ла-Месилла”
- Ukrainian: “Ла-Месілла”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include La Mesilla/San Pedro Fire Department - La Mesilla Station and Black Mesa Golf Club.
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